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02052aam a2200397 a 4500 001 6143D2FA6BCD11E4A924FB80DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20210731010952 008 130829s2013 nyuab b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2012532376 020 $a 0062269372 020 $a 9780062269379 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Zuckoff, Mitchell. 245 10 $a Frozen in time : $b an epic story of survival, and a modern quest for lost heroes of World War II / $c Mitchell Zuckoff. 250 $a First edition. 260 $a New York, NY : $b Harper, $c c2013. 300 $a 391 pages. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-376) and index. 520 $a In Nov. 1942 a U.S. cargo plane crashed into the Greenland ice cap, the B-17 sent on the search-and-rescue mission got caught in a storm and also crashed, miraculously all nine men aboard survived. A second rescue operation was launched, but the plane, the Grumman Duck, flew into a storm and vanished. The survivors of the B-17 spent 148 days fighting to stay alive while waiting for rescue by famed explorer Bernt Balchen. Then in 2012 the U.S. Coast Guard and North South Polar mount an expedition to solve the mystery of the vanished plane and recover the remains of the lost plane's crew. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army Air Forces $x Search and rescue operations. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Search and rescue operations $z Greenland. 650 0 $a Airplane crash survival $z Greenland. 651 0 $a Greenland $x History, Military $y 20th century. 941 $a 10 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331012304.0 952 $l GCPC771 $d 20230125011315.0 952 $l NVPB663 $d 20180505012004.0 952 $l LEPI975 $d 20180202015503.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20170802013258.0 952 $l D8PD522 $d 20160407022526.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20151216020832.0 952 $l 8USX522 $d 20150902014253.0 952 $l XSPE157 $d 20150812012057.0 952 $l BLPC611 $d 20150508035551.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6143D2FA6BCD11E4A924FB80DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search